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Introducing S2

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Re: Introducing S2

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Post by davej »

shikhar wrote: post #18
iambateman wrote: post #16

These folks knowingly chose to spend the rest of their careers explaining that they are not, in fact, S3.

(Founder) well 50% of our name is different

Your 66.66% (2/3) of the way there to the second character too. So I would say your only 16.66% different across the two characters.

Re: Introducing S2

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Post by kdmtctl »

HideousKojima wrote: post #68
blipvert wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not just use SS? There can’t possibly be any negative connotations there.

You could even make the s look kind of like a lightning bolt to emphasize how fast it is

Quite dangerous. Will look almost like the Schutzstaffel runic insignia. I'd better avoid this resemblance.

Re: Introducing S2

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Post by karmakaze »

I do like this. The next part I'd like someone to build on top of this is applying the stream 'events' into a point-in-time queryable representation. Basically the other part to make it a Datatomic. Probably better if it's a pattern or framework for making specific in-memory queryable data rather than a particular database. There's lots of ways this could work, like applying to a local Sqlite, or basing on a MySQL binlog that can be applied to a local query instance and rewindable to specific points, or more application-specific apply/undo events to a local state.

Re: Introducing S2

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Post by bawolff »

In terms of a pitch, i'm not sure i understand how this differs from existing solutions. Is the core value proposition a simpler api?

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Post by kondro »

solatic wrote: post #20

Help me understand - you build on top of AWS, which charges $0.09/GB for egress to the Internet, yet you're charging $0.05/GB for egress to the Internet? Sounds like you're subsidizing egress from AWS? Or do you have access to non-public egress pricing?

They’re probably betting on most users being in AWS and only having to pay 1¢-2¢ transfer.

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Post by andrelaszlo »

iambateman wrote: post #16

These folks knowingly chose to spend the rest of their careers explaining that they are not, in fact, S3.

Seems preferable to having to explain you're not a paramilitary organization responsible for unspeakable war crimes. Nothing funny about that.

Re: Introducing S2

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Post by ozim »

shikhar wrote: post #18
iambateman wrote: post #16

These folks knowingly chose to spend the rest of their careers explaining that they are not, in fact, S3.

(Founder) well 50% of our name is different

I would look much more into Levenshtein Distance ;) if I would like to be smart ass funny.

Re: Introducing S2

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Post by debuggerpk »

blipvert wrote: post #63
shikhar wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Founder) I have definitely received that advice before :) - to not seem like a regression from S3. But as an abbreviation for Stream Store, it made sense.

Why not just use SS? There can’t possibly be any negative connotations there.

SS .. as in nazi?

Re: Introducing S2

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Post by qudat »

_1tem wrote: post #54

This is a really good idea, beautiful API, and something that I would like to use for my projects. However I have zero confidence that this startup would last very long in its current form. If it's successful, AWS will build a better and cheaper in-house version. It's just as likely to fail to get traction. If this had been released instead as a Papertrail-like end-user product with dashboards, etc. instead of a "clo…

People keep making the same argument against Aptible (https://aptible.com) and it is still a very successful PaaS over a decade later.
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